Talk:Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead

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The statement "The current building was designed by the architect Raymond Erith and dates to 1965; it replaced an earlier public house of the same name which was destroyed in The Blitz during the Second World War" is factually incorrect - the building survived the second world war as this image shows. There was little bombing in Hampstead - the worst was in Haverstock Hill near Belsize Park tube station which is over a mile from the site. At the time of the re-development in the mid-1960s there was an outcry locally to retain the building as reported in the Hampstead & Highate express at the time.Cj1340 (talk) 19:41, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

If you can back this up with a WP:RS, then by all means correct it. While we are here, I don't think the second image of the building is warranted. The article is only a stub and cannot comfortably accommodate almost a duplicate image. Cassianto^Talk 19:50, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

I can't understand how you can say it is a duplicate image - it is an image of the original - the statement in the original text has no reference eitherCj1340 (talk) 21:55, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

It is almost the same building, taken at the same angle, albeit 40 or so years ago. It is also lacking in quality compared to the other image. I don't see how this improves the visual representation of the building. By the way, you are now on warring territory so I suggest you stop that and do a better job of representing your case. Cassianto^Talk 22:15, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Mentioned in other literature

Jack Straw’s Castle was mentioned in celebrated English author Margery Sharp’s novel The Faithful Servants, 1975, page 38. “As for young Alistair, far from wedding the Banker’s daughter of his mother’s choice, he thoroughly disobliged the Countess by falling in love with a barmaid from Jack Straw’s Castle on Hampstead Heath, where once off the maternal leading-rein he hacked in preference to Rotten Row.” 64.223.91.153 (talk) 19:52, 18 November 2022 (UTC)